Tiếng Việt · Proverb Attested

ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu

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Meaning · English

Fish-paste rice seeps in slowly — plain fare, like plain truth, soaks deep with time.

Literally: mắm with rice soaks in over long

Sources & notes

Discovered via Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Tục ngữ, cổ ngữ, gia ngôn (Huỳnh Tịnh Của, 1897). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu” mean?

Fish-paste rice seeps in slowly — plain fare, like plain truth, soaks deep with time. Literally: mắm with rice soaks in over long

Is “ăn cơm mắm thấm về lâu” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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